Welcome to the Friends of Ricki Organizer Group! Want to start a Friends of Ricki Group in your community? Start here: Find out what it's like to be an organizer: http://www.meetup.com/Friends-of-Ricki-Organizers/about/ Apply by clicking "Join Us" and answering the profile questions. Relax. We will contact you with additional details. We are currently starting Parenting, Weight-loss, Pets & Social groups. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why become …

Take back your home! If you feel like a hostage to a chaotic, cluttered environment and the invariable hostility of a stressed teenager, this group is for you! If you would like to have some fun, in a safe environment learning life altering home and organizational study skills for parents and students, come join us and have a new kid in no time! The purpose of the group is to explore organizing for students who are missing that skill set. Rather through, ADHD, procrastination, habit or just …

HELLO EVERYONE! Meet people who are interested in organic, raw, natural food and health! Come to a Meetup to have fun, share recipes, discuss food, health, make new friends, get inspired and motivated! Anyone interested in living an organic life and meeting others who are passionate about food and health are welcome! I am deeply dedicated to the mission of helping people transform their health, along with improving our planet. I truly want to live in a world where people are healthier and more e …

I started this group because "Scientific Organic Veganism" frames the cause and effect relationship of human behavior to ourselves, to one another, to animal species, and to the planet. The purpose of the group is: 1) To explore our relationship to our individual and collective life goals and purposes for being alive in relation to what we eat 2) To listen to one another on successes, failures, tips, hints, foods, recipes, gardens, farms, food preparation methods, and more. 3) To support events …

Meet other Meetup Organizers and Assistant Organizers. Get new ideas on events and venues, exchange tips on how to improve your Meetup, and take advantage of the direct line to Meetup.com for feedback and suggestions.

We love to drink wine that matches our food interests (local, organically grown). If you want to explore this, please join us! Check out the blog at www.winecountrygeographic.com for more info.

A place for organizers of tech-related events and meetups to share notes and sponsorship opportunities.

Are you a meetup organizer, co-organizer or assistant organizer? Join our network of meetup group leaders from the greater San Francisco Bay Area and help us create a more face-to-face meetup community. We organize formal and informal activities for meetup leaders to enjoy and get better at what we do--bring people together around common interests in a world that is increasingly distracting and virtual. This network is: SOCIAL: Meet other organizers and have some fun SUPPORTIVE: Vent about, laug …

  On Jan. 27th, 2011, Meetup.com launched a secret project code named 'Mayhem Mode'. They substituted the user interface of their platform with a new one. They called this new user interface 'newmeetup'.  Later it was revealed that this substitution was the outcome of a secret project.  It was also acknowledged that this switch would cause some meetup groups to 'fail'.They made a wholesale change the user interface of meetup groups around the world. Many organizers were very upset with this an …

Hello vegans and closeted-vegans, If you identify with any of the following conditions, this meetup is for you: 1. You have vegan super powers that need to be publicly displayed. 2. You have 14 different books about how to survive as a vegan in a non-vegan world. 3. You are in need of a vegan haven where making green smoothies is socially acceptable. 4. You are an emotionally battered vegan, finding yourself crying alone in corners because people don't like you.   If you can't come because you a …

  The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services. The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system. These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work t …

… We’ll be focusing on topics such as water conservation, community-supported agriculture, recycling, organic food, energy conservation, green schools, green cleaning, green design and building and more. We are in the process of reaching out to businesses, organizations, residents and local officials to talk about how we can all collaborate in fostering sustainable living in San Ramon. Philosophy: We can all make a difference with even small changes in our lifestyle to maintain our current and fut …

ADDENDUM: This group was first created by and for Meetup members who opposed the transition to the "New View" on March 10, 2010.  Now it is January 27, 2011, and Meetup HQ has suddenly made a major overhaul to the appearance and functionality of our groups' websites.  We don't like those changes either! --- In a recent letter sent to all Meetup.com Organizers, CTO Greg Whalin made the following announcement: "On Wednesday, March 10th, we are going to wrap up the preview period and all Meetup …

Connect with members of the black community in Oakland on key social and political issues. The Black Organizing Project is an African American, member-led organization in the city of Oakland, CA. We focus on political education and membership development in order to create a powerful black collective of voters, activists and community leaders. If you're a member of Oakland's black community who would like to make positive contributions to the struggle for racial justice; would like to learn more …

Love to sing?  What's stopping you? The Organic Women's Chorus is ready to help you start again. We are an informal and welcoming group of women who love singing together in community.  Our weekly meetings are part singing, part support group, part family reunion, and another part singing! The Organic Women's Chorus started in April, 2009 with a group of women who met at Women Making Music camp (more info at www.womamu.org) and wanted to sing together more regularly and locally. We sing a va …

I never get a chance to talk to other organizers at events, so why don't we have our own meetup! Do you organize hackathons, workshops, meetups etc. out of pure passion for making change? Let's help each other out with logistics support. We can share venue, catering, volunteer, ticketing tips etc. Do you get tired of organizing your event while other people enjoy it? Let's celebrate being the amazing people who have the vision AND the dedication to put on a great event. Let's remember why we dec …